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THE BEST Drawing

DIY site Handimania shows off a fun and simple way to take the outline of your hand and turn it into a simulated 3-dimensional image. We suppose this would work with your foot too if you can bend over to reach it.

Kinetic sculptor David Bynoe created this cable-driven machine which can create crop-circle like drawings using sand as its medium. The machine was built for the Telus Spark Science Centre in Alberta, Canada.

Adobe solves the iPad pen dilemma. The Ink is a elegant aluminum stylus with a precise tip and pressure sensitivity, and Slide augments on-screen drawing with a tactile ruler for drawing lines and other shapes. Full review on Technabob.

Artist Marcello Barenghi demonstrates his ability to draw and paint objects that look so real that you could reach out and pluck them from the paper they’ve been drawn on. After your potato chip snack, chase it down with a fried egg.

It’s time for today’s art lesson. Let’s learn how to draw everyone’s favorite video game plumber, Mario, courtesy of Oliver, Age 24. Be sure to get out all of your 3D, 4D and 5D colors and practice your dungareeing technique. Perfectio!

The Zipboard is an ingenious gadget which lets you carry a compact whiteboard in your backpack or suitcase. It unfurls to provide a self-standing, rigid dry-erase drawing surface, and even has a hidden marker compartment.

Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, has shown us how he cooks and what he sees; here, he responds to the popular request to draw various objects based on how he thinks they look. (Thanks Ben!)

YouTube mathematician Vi Hart’s latest video is her most confusing yet, but it’s the most entertaining one as well. Watch and listen as she demonstrates friezes, 2D patterns that repeat in one direction.